Already August?

I can't believe it's already August and we have an almost 1 year old girl on our hands. The two girls continue to crack each other up as well as us.

Kami's new thing is to assure us that "it okay with me." If she wants candy at nine in the morning and I tell her no, she responds with, "but it okay with me" as if I was really concerned about how she felt about her sugar consumption. Anytime she does anything wrong or bad, "but it okay with me." Thanks for the clarification.

Brooklyn is getting pretty close to walking. She can stand up on her own and has even taken a step without holding on to anything, but hasn't yet started walking. She loves to squeal at us if she's not getting her deserved attention. She loves to bonk heads with her dada and sister as a greeting and has been pretty drool-y lately, so she might be teething. She refuses to eat baby food and is now feeding herself at all meal times. We cut up canned fruits/veggies for her and then she'll feed herself her bottle and gets cranky if someone tries to take over. She's quite the independent little girl with a temper! That'll be fun in a few years...

This is how we know she's tired-she starts to play with her hair after she's done eating.

The food in her hair is for later.

Look at those segments on her arms! Chunky monkey!

She loves olives, just like her big sister.

She's pretty funny and will poke her first finger through the olive.

Ooh...

Brooklyn loves animals, but doesn't know the meaning of "gentle" yet. She likes to slap them in the face and pull on their fur. Nice.

Kami's on a bit of a make-up kick lately. Notice her purple eye?

We had some ice cream samples at Costco, and Brooklyn was convinced that she needed some.

I know it's wrong to laugh, but how can you not?

She still wanted more. Maybe big sister will give me some if I lay the cute on...

Jackpot! But still so cold!

She's very careful about her application.

Eek! So much lipstick...

Someone's been in my closet...

Kami and Dada heard the ice cream truck one night, but couldn't find it, so they went to the gas station and this is what Kami came home with.

So tired, she couldn't even finish her popcorn with cheese sprinkles.

Standing on her own! And screaming!

Lately, Kami has been telling us "I can't see berry (she's been watching Strawberry Shortcake where 'very' is 'berry') good." I told her we'd have to take her to the doctor and get her some glasses, so now she puts on her sunglasses and magically sees so much better.

Nice outfit.

Brooklyn, the baby prison escapee.

Kami's drawing of the family. L-R-Kami, Brooklyn (lying down, apparently), Mama, Po (who's tiny) and Dada. See the resemblance?

July, part 2

The second part of July was busy. We had pre-teen camp that Garrett and I were at all week long. Brooklyn stayed with Garrett's parents and Kami got to come to camp for part of the week. She had a blast, like always, but ended up getting a mosquito bite on Friday night right above her left eye. It ended up swelling up so huge on Saturday night that we thought about taking her to the hospital. On Sunday, she could hardly open her eye all the way. By Tuesday, it was almost back to normal, but she looked pretty beaten for a while. Garrett then had teen camp to go to during the last week of July and I went through our annual audit at work, so we didn't see much of each other or the girls that last week.

Brooklyn continues to be a sweet girl. She is pulling up on everything and I wouldn't be surprised if she were walking before she was a year old. She's got her four teeth on top and two on bottom that look like little, white Chiclets in her mouth. She is quite vocal and squeals when she wants attention or food. She won't let us feed her anymore, so we have about 20 containers of baby food left over. She wants to feed herself, so we've been cutting up numerous veggies and fruits for her to munch on. She's a pretty speedy crawler and has managed to escape baby prison without being noticed. She still loves her big sister the most out of all of us and thinks Kami's hysterical. Really, who doesn't?

Kami's idea of quiet time is to kick back, relax, and watch a show on the "beemin." She still calls the laptop that, and it's kind of stuck.

Kami remembered the golf cart from last year and wanted to ride in it everywhere.

Having fun in the golf cart.

Focusing on making a pinecone friend.

Kami and dada painting rocks at crafts. Can you tell she got dada's eyes?

Kami and mama. Twinners!

The Price family in their matching camp shirts. Kami's smile continues to be awesomely dorky.

You can already see it starting to swell. She was so wiped out after not napping for a week straight and playing hard at camp.

This was Saturday night after camp was over. Now you can see why we considered taking her to the ER. Ack!

She is one of the cutest girls, right?

Playing with dada's new toy.

Kami was kind enough to style my hair for me. This was day 2 of her giant mosquito bite on her eye. It was way worse in person. Poor girl. She kept complaining that "I can't open my eye all the way mama!"

This is how Kami does her own hair these days.

Kami's rocket ship.

Some more of her sidewealk art. I can't get it to upload right, but it's pretty cute.

Which graham cracker should I eat?

Definitely this one.

Tired girl with her bear-bear.

I was trying to get a picture of Kami before she left for a camping trip with "Aunt" Tara. Nice pose dork.

She got to help me run errands by herself one day, so when we stopped to get gas, she got to pick out a treat, which was a gross, Hello Kitty, marshmallow on a stick. Eww.

And this is why Brooklyn sometimes has two baths a day. She gets food all over her hands, then tears her barrettes out and plays with her hair.

Getting ready to clap...

Big clap! Check out those Chiclets!

Kami and Brooklyn had a blast in the tub together.

Brooklyn looks like she's about to attack!

Smokin' a bathtub crayon and playing with the Little Einsteins.